Game of Death (1978)
(Szu-wan yu-hsi)
Country: US/HK
Technical: col 100m/85m
Director: Robert Clouse
Cast: Bruce Lee, Colleen Camp, Gig Young, Dean Jagger
Synopsis:
A martial-arts master fakes his own death to get the better of those who are trying to eliminate him.
Review:
A wish-fulfilment narrative for this most extraordinary example of posthumous movie-making. Footage shot as early as 1972 is cut around new footage exposing the intrigue. (Blake Edwards would do similar things with Peter Sellers footage later.) It's not bad, worth seeing for the fight scenes, but never an ideal way to tell a story on screen.
(Szu-wan yu-hsi)
Country: US/HK
Technical: col 100m/85m
Director: Robert Clouse
Cast: Bruce Lee, Colleen Camp, Gig Young, Dean Jagger
Synopsis:
A martial-arts master fakes his own death to get the better of those who are trying to eliminate him.
Review:
A wish-fulfilment narrative for this most extraordinary example of posthumous movie-making. Footage shot as early as 1972 is cut around new footage exposing the intrigue. (Blake Edwards would do similar things with Peter Sellers footage later.) It's not bad, worth seeing for the fight scenes, but never an ideal way to tell a story on screen.
(Szu-wan yu-hsi)
Country: US/HK
Technical: col 100m/85m
Director: Robert Clouse
Cast: Bruce Lee, Colleen Camp, Gig Young, Dean Jagger
Synopsis:
A martial-arts master fakes his own death to get the better of those who are trying to eliminate him.
Review:
A wish-fulfilment narrative for this most extraordinary example of posthumous movie-making. Footage shot as early as 1972 is cut around new footage exposing the intrigue. (Blake Edwards would do similar things with Peter Sellers footage later.) It's not bad, worth seeing for the fight scenes, but never an ideal way to tell a story on screen.